Khalistani Extremism in North America: Will the U.S. Take Action?

With Trump’s appointment of Kash Patel as FBI Director, proponents of the Khalistani movement anticipate an imminent crackdown on Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a transnational organization based in the U.S. that has been at the forefront of orchestrating anti-India protests across North America and beyond.

SFJ is composed of highly questionable individuals, including Dr. Bakhshish Singh Sandhu, a practicing medical doctor in the U.S. who obtained his diploma from a foreign university shut down for selling thousands of fake medical degrees.

The group's Ottawa organizer, Santokh Singh Khela, was sentenced to life in prison in Canada after being busted by the FBI for allegedly conspiring to bomb an Air India flight departing from New York—just after the Air India bombings of 1985, which killed 331 people. However, a decade later, Canadian courts overturned his conviction.

SFJ has orchestrated multiple protests across North America and beyond, where they have glorified suicide bombers, terrorist acts, and political assassinations, brandished violent imagery, chanted “Kill” rhetoric, and even released videos suggesting threats to specific Air India flights and certain dates.

Despite its extremist ties, threats, and historical connection to terrorist figures, SFJ continues to operate freely from U.S. soil. The real question remains—will the United States finally take action?